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Location Released For Smash EDO Remember Gaza demo

For three weeks in January 2009, the bombs rained down on Gaza. At the end of Israel's brutal bombing campaign and ground offensive over 1400 Palestinians had been murdered, including 314 children.

Here in Brighton EDO MBM/ITT manufacture some of the weapons components that devastated so many lives. All over the world thousands of people watched appalled at the carnage on the streets of Gaza. Thousands marched and raged at the destruction of peoples' homes and lives. On January 18th 2010, the anniversary of the final day of Operation Cast Lead, we will come together to remember the people of Gaza.

We will not allow those who supported their pain and profited from their suffering to go unchallenged. We will not let this genocide be forgotten. On the first anniversary after their deaths, we will rise up. We will take to the streets. We will remember...

www.smashedo.org.uk/remember-gaza.htm

The SmashEDO Remember Gaza Mass Demo will be meeting in front of the Wild Park Cafe at 1pm on Monday 18th January

How to get there...

By Bus
23, 25, 24, 28, 29(A+B) from St Peter's Church bus stops.

To get to St Peter's Church from Brighton Train Station; turn left through
underpass in front of station onto Trafalgar Street. Walk to the end of Trafalgar
Street. Turn left onto York Place, cross to traffic island for bus stops.
Remain on the bus past Brighton University's Moulsecoomb campus. Get off the bus at
the first stop after the viaduct, just past Home Farm Road. You will see the Wild
Park Cafe on the left.

By Train
You can catch the train from Brighton Station to either Moulsecoomb or Falmer and
walk along the Lewes Road.

From Moulsecoomb Station:
Walk down Queensdown School Road to Lewes Road, turn left. After about 500 metres
walk under the railway viaduct, go past Home Farm Road on your left and you will see
the Wild Park Cafe on the left.

From Falmer Station:
Walk under the underpass to the A27 and turn Left. Carry on on the Lewes Road and
you will see Wild Park Cafe on your right.

By Bike/On Foot
From Brighton Station; walk through underpass in front of station onto Trafalgar
Street. Walk to the end of Trafalgar Street. Turn left onto York Place, continue
straight and then turn right past the taxi rank. Keeping 'The Level' on your left,
keep going straight onto Lewes Road. From here, follow the Lewes Road out of
Brighton towards Falmer. Go under the railway viaduct, go past Home Farm Road on
your left and you will see the Wild Park Cafe on the left. There are cycle lanes and
pavements along the road from Brighton to Falmer.

Accommodation and Transport

If you are organising regional transport to Brighton - or looking for it - likewise if you can offer accommodation or are needing it for the demo, call 07805125965 or email

smashedo@riseup.net

If you are around on Sunday evening there will be a meeting for those going on the demo at 6pm in the back building of the Cowley Club, London Road, Brighton - food can be provided for £4 a head.

Local contacts

Get in touch with a local contact in your area to get hold of flyers, posters, find people from your area going to 'Remember Gaza' and find transport:

Cornwall -

kernowaction@gmail.com

Hastings -

info@hastingsagainstwar.org

Greater Manchester -

info@targetbrimar.org.uk

Bath -

bluehayes@gmail.com

Swansea -

d@undercurrents.org

Cambridge -

gandhi_hands@riseup.net

Bristol -

bristolantimilitarists@googlemail.com

Oxford -

oarc@riseup.net

London -

remembergaza@dsei.org

Sheffield -

sheffield@af-north.org

Leeds -

leedscwf@googlemail.com

Press Enquiries
Call Andrew Beckett or Chloe Marsh on 07754135290 or email

smashedopress@riseup.net

Legal
If you get nicked we recommend you use Kelly's Solicitors tel. (01273) 674898
When you get out, or if your mates have been nicked, call the Smash EDO Legal Support number on 07805125940.

Smashy
e-mail: smashedo@riseup.net
Homepage: http://www.smashedo.org.uk/remember-gaza.htm

Comments

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Invitation for a suitable representative

14.01.2010 13:20

Police in Brighton and Hove have offered to work with the organisers in planning a peaceful and inclusive protest in the city on the 18th of January. This is not sought as something they are required to do: Brighton and Hove is a diverse city where views are shared and voiced publicly - police not only want to preserve this but also support organisers in allowing others, who might otherwise anticipate disorder and fear for their safety, to protest.

An invitation has been made for a suitable representative, who has influence over the planning of the demonstration,to make contact with the police. This is not with the intention of making them culpable for the whole event, it is to allow dialogue. A nominated member of staff who is not involved in public order policing, will facilitate discussions with the protest representative with the intention of seeking joint agreements and to build trust. Anything, in terms of police tactics,is open to discussion but as, they would not agree to anything that was unlawful or was a significant risk to public safety. The details of the police contact are:

Melanie Locke, Brighton Police Station, John Street, Brighton

Mobile No. 07768 796810

publicassemblies

Re: Invitation for a suitable representative

14.01.2010 14:27

"Brighton and Hove is a diverse city where views are shared and voiced publicly - police not only want to preserve this but also support organisers.."

You may be aware of an film named "On the Verge" which clearly shows that Sussex police were colluding with EDO/ITT to lead a campaign of repression against these citizens at significant cost to the tax payer. An injunction law originally intended to protect women from stalkers was used to prevent protest outside the factory, and the lawyer Tim Lawson-Cruttenden who drafted the legislation, along with the support of Sussex police advised EDO on how his legislation could be exploited to suppress protest. This is in stark contrast to your statement!

"..in allowing others, who might otherwise anticipate disorder and fear for their safety, to protest."

Looking briefly at the history of protest in recent years, the only "disorder and fear for their safety" that protesters and members of the public need to be concerned about are attacks from members of the police:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ian_Tomlinson

The police have a history of violence and attacks against protesters and euphemisms such as "robust measures" are used to disguise these politically motivated aims. Furthermore the police have often used their power to cover up such abuses. In this light could you perhaps clarify whether this statement is to be read as a threat or an accusation?

Clarification

14.01.2010 16:44

The local police are merely offering a way forward for the future, without threat and without accusation. There is an opportunity to jointly agree demonstrations whereby conflict is less likely to arise because of an increase in trust and dialogue, and members of the community are keen to take part in a peaceful protest. We are willing to play our part in achieving that.

Simon Nelson
Chief Inspector

publicassemblies

"This is not with the intention of making them culpable for the whole event"

15.01.2010 03:21

a cop said: "This is not with the intention of making them culpable for the whole event..."

yeah right...

you'd have to be an idiot to stand up and be named as an official representative of any demo of this sort in today's Britain. Look at what happened to Sean Kirtley - spent a long time in jail just for running a website of a perfectly legal campaign before the conviction was overturned.

anon

following on from last comment

15.01.2010 12:11

yea, maybe someone from the campaign could agree to meet so long as they were allowed to use a fake name and wear a balaclava!

anon 2

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